Historical Topics You Find Interesting -

[Konstantinos]

I'm fascinated by history but there doesn't seem to be an adequate sub-forum to discuss it in other than this one. In short, for anyhow who finds history as engaging as I do, what historical topics do you find interesting? Things like specific periods, people, events, etc.

For me, I find ancient religions like Zoroastrianism interesting. Other than that, I also dig the 800's CE, when the vikings and the Magyars were a big deal.

 

[The Dude]

I enjoy history about World War II, the Cold War era and the Vietnam War. I enjoy the fact that I was alive to see the end of the Cold War. I can still remember when the Berlin Wall came down.

 

[LM 697]

The Resolution of the Cold War (1985)

 

[Dr. Meme]

I like the interesting tidbits that are so bizzare you wonder if they are really true. For example, I think it's interesting how mexico had a president that lasted 45 minutes in office.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Lascuráin

 

[applecat]

I read a shit-ton of literature (both autobiographical and fiction) set in the Cultural Revolution in China. It was just such a fascinating and horrifying time.

 

[OtterParty]

I'm intrigued by the traditions and artefacts of the native Americans of the Wasabi Clan and I'd like to learn more about their abrupt rise and equally sudden disappearance, if only I knew where to start looking.

 

[cypocraphy]

The Revolutionary War. (American war for independence)...because that shit literally happened in my backyard probably.

 

[exball]

The classical and medieval eras were really cool

 

[A-Stump]

I like the interesting tidbits that are so bizzare you wonder if they are really true. For example, I think it's interesting how mexico had a president that lasted 45 minutes in office.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Lascuráin

I'm not really versed in Mexican politics and was just learning about it and they were really fucked for the longest time.

 

[Ariel]

Things I have an autistic level interest in:

1. Medieval England
2. Colonial USA
3. The Dust Bowl
4. USSR during the cold war
5. Victorian Britain
6. Early European history

 

[Overcast]

That one History Paper topic in the Discussion forum made me remember that I have somewhat of a passing interest in WW2.

Granted, I only know very basic stuff like the Holocaust, Pearl Harbor, and the atomic bombs.

Still though, so many things happened during that period.I remember enjoying reading about that period back in High School.

 

[Axiom]

I like the interesting tidbits that are so bizzare you wonder if they are really true. For example, I think it's interesting how mexico had a president that lasted 45 minutes in office.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Lascuráin

There were once laws called 'Sumptuary Laws' that dictated what fabrics, colours, and styles of clothing people could wear based on their rank and wealth.

I'm interested in the early days of movies. And the history of mundane things, like silverware and socks and stuff. But I'm odd.

 

[CatParty]

The counter culture of NYC from the 70s and 80s

 

[Sexual Stallone]

ancient Greece/Rome dabes, specially Alexander the Great

 

[CatParty]

Oh. And Jesus. Gotta love Jesus history.

 

[sparklemilhouse]

I write about ridiculousness from the 1980s and 1990s. I scour old newspapers and magazines for stupid shit. $20,000 Mary Baldwin History degree being used.

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I had this lazy as fuck Civ teacher in 9th grade who made us watch Rocky vs Drago (Rocky V, right?) in class when he farted around with the soccer team.

 

[Picklechu]

I absolutely love 20th century history, especially as it pertains to world affairs or politics.

 

[Leonid Brezhnev]

things i am autistic about here it goes

1. Post-Soviet conflicts and anything after the Soviet Union really
2. Early Mediaeval Ages and Charlemagne's Empire
3. The USSR in general
4. Migration of Turks from Mongolia into Central Asia and modern Turkey and Russia
5. Anglo-Saxon England
6. Interwar Central Europe and the rise of Fascism
7. Africa and Asia during the Cold War
8. Warsaw Pact
9. Golden Horde and Mediaeval Eastern Europe

ok i think thats it

 

[HG 400]

- The German Iron Age
- Historical Female Warriors
- The Lombard/Gepid Conflicts
- The Cabbage Czar
- Dracula

 

[LM 697]

The Bell Riots